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To Buy a Mac or Wait for Intel

Q. I want to buy a new iMac now, but was wondering
if I should wait until the new Intel-based
versions appear. Is there any reason to wait?

A. Apple
Computer's recent announcement that it was changing the processors
inside its Macintosh computers means some big changes when the company switches
to Intel-based chips from the current PowerPC processors made by I.B.M.
and Motorola.
Apple plans to release some Macs with Intel processors starting in 2006, and
hopes to have most new Macs running the chips by 2007.